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Federal court slaps Nashville-based Medicare supply company with enormous damages and penalties

Apr232010

In a whistleblower lawsuit filed under the federal False Claims Act, a federal judge has imposed enormous damages and penalties on companies furnishing medical supplies to patients with advanced kidney disease.  The defendants in the suit were Renal Care Group (RCG) and Fresenius Medical Care (FMC), with which RCG had merged.  RCG’s home was Nashville, [...]